title: Effects of lipid-lowering agents in the Dahl salt-sensitive rat.
abstract: Inducing renal cytochrome P4504A (P4504A) activity with clofibrate prevents the development of hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive (Dahl S) rats. To determine if this also occurs with other antilipidemic agents, we compared the effects of a related drug, fenofibrate, with those of an unrelated agent, pravastatin, on blood pressure, renal histology, and P4504A activity. Dahl S rats were pretreated with fenofibrate (95 mg/kg per day), pravastatin (70 mg/kg per day), or vehicle for 7 days before and after being switched from a low-salt (0.1% NaCl) to a high-salt (8.0% NaCl) diet. After 3 weeks on the high-salt diet, mean arterial pressures averaged 183+/-13 (n=9), 126+/-10 (n=9), and 148+/-11 mm Hg (n=8), respectively, in vehicle-, fenofibrate-, and pravastatin-treated animals. Both drugs reduced the degree of proteinuria and glomerular injury. P4504A protein levels and the synthesis of 20-hydroxyeicosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenoic acid (20-HETE) were increased in the liver and kidney of fenofibrate-treated, but not pravastatin-treated rats. We also administered these agents to Dahl S rats in which hypertension had previously been induced by a high-salt diet. Mean arterial pressures averaged 164+/-10, 113+/-23, and 160+/-15 mm Hg in rats treated with vehicle, fenofibrate, or pravastatin for 3 weeks. Fenofibrate-treated rats exhibited a natriuresis. Proteinuria and glomerular injury were reduced by pravastatin but not by fenofibrate. These results indicate that fenofibrate prevented the development of hypertension and reduced subsequent glomerular injury in Dahl S rats, probably secondary to increased renal production of 20-HETE. Although pravastatin did not induce renal P4504A activity in these animals, it reduced the severity of hypertension and renal damage through some other mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. wilsont@duke.usask.ca
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alonso-Galicia
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D002994:Clofibrate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004039:Diet, Sodium-Restricted; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D011345:Fenofibrate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017035:Pravastatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011507:Proteinuria; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012982:Sodium, Dietary; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D015430:Weight Gain
chemical_list: D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D000960:Hypolipidemic Agents; D012982:Sodium, Dietary; D014280:Triglycerides; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D002784:Cholesterol; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; D042926:Cytochrome P-450 CYP4A; D002994:Clofibrate; D017035:Pravastatin; D011345:Fenofibrate